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• Master pages/page layouts deployed as Feature not updating

  Since Deploying master pages and page layouts as a Feature has been the most heavily commented article on this blog, and several of the posters seem to have run into the same problem, I wanted to write a quick post with some more information from my experiences... Posted Nov 01 2007, 05:21 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, ghosting, master pages

• STSADM export, Content Deployment, Content Migration API, Features/Solutions - deployment options compared

  Back in May I wrote a post titled SharePoint deployment options : Features or Content Deployment? , which discussed some thoughts on what was the "right" way to move assets from development to production (and perhaps environments in between... Posted Oct 29 2007, 05:37 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, deployment, content deployment, content migration API

• Deployment using STSADM export or content migration API

  Having focused on deployment using Features for several articles, back in May I wrote an article titled SharePoint deployment options : Features or Content Deployment? , which explored some of the decisions around deployment strategies for SharePoint... Posted Oct 14 2007, 05:53 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, deployment, content deployment, content migration API

• Site definitions - custom code in the site creation process

  This is the second article in a series of three, where I aim to show how to customize the site creation process (known as site provisioning) with your own API code. The full introduction and series contents can be found at http://sharepointnutsandbolts... Posted Aug 12 2007, 03:50 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, site definitions, VSeWSS, feature receiver

• Creating, deploying and updating custom site definitions

  This is the first article in a series of three where we'll discuss custom site definitions, and in particular how to run your own custom code in the site creation process. This technique is useful if you need to make any customizations using the API... Posted Aug 05 2007, 04:51 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: features, site definitions, VSeWSS, deployment

• Building and deploying SharePoint Solution packages

  Following a comment left elsewhere on this blog, I thought I'd cover exactly what SharePoint Solution packages are, including how they are built and deployed to other SharePoint environments. First of all, let's be clear on exactly what a Solution... Posted Jul 22 2007, 03:19 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, deployment

• Using CustomAction to modify system pages

  In the last post, I covered 2 examples of how to safely modify functionality in 'system' areas of SharePoint, such as Central Admin and the Site Settings area. The first example was a tweaked Recycle Bin (which listed only items deleted by the... Posted Jul 18 2007, 04:45 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: features, customizing, CustomAction

• Modifying 'system' pages in SharePoint safely - with sample code

  In a presentation I gave recently I talked about modifying admin screens within SharePoint. By this, I mean areas such as the site admin area and the central admin area: Site admin: Central admin: Now, if your boss (or your users) asks you to add or change... Posted Jul 12 2007, 02:56 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, moss, features, customizing, central admin

• Considerations when using Features to deploy SharePoint files - ghosting/unghosting

  In some of my earlier articles I talk about how to deploy various SharePoint artifacts as a Feature. In particular, ' Deploying master pages and page layouts as a Feature ' discusses the idea of deploying these types of file (used in Publishing... Posted Jul 04 2007, 05:25 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, customizing, ghosting

• Feature stapling

  One aspect of features I wanted to cover quickly is the relationship SharePoint Features have with site definitions. Site definitions are created by a developer and subsequently used by site owners to create new sites. Much of this facility is also available... Posted May 30 2007, 01:21 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, feature-stapling

• SharePoint deployment options : Features or Content Deployment?

  [Update 23/05/07 - clarified emphasis here is on WCM sites and added more detail on conclusion] Today I want to document some of my thoughts on deployment in MOSS - this article is intended to provide a starting point for analysis of the different ways... Posted May 22 2007, 12:08 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, content deployment

• Deploying master pages and page layouts as a feature

  This is the fourth article in my series of how to create common SharePoint site artifacts as features. Last time we looked at deploying content types as a feature. Now that we have content types and all the supporting artifacts deployed, we can focus... Posted Apr 27 2007, 06:30 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: features, content types, master pages, page layouts

• Feature to create lookup fields on Codeplex

  In a recent post I posted some sample code for a feature receiver which would create lookup fields (site columns which get their data from lists). A couple of people left comments asking for full set of files. I've put these on Codeplex at http:/... Posted Apr 20 2007, 11:12 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, feature receiver, site columns

• Deploying content types as a feature

  This is the third article in my series of how to create common SharePoint site artifacts as features. Last time we looked at creating site columns as a feature . Site columns are typically used in lists and/or content types. The concepts are fairly simple... Posted Apr 17 2007, 12:08 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, content types

• Sample code - creating list based site columns as a feature

  I promised in an earlier post to post the code I used to create list-based site columns as a feature. The basic idea here to use CAML as far as possible to define the site column, but use code to inject the list ID which the column refers to (unknown... Posted Apr 14 2007, 10:30 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, features, feature receiver, site columns

• Creating list-based site columns as a feature

  This is the second article in a series aimed at explaining the process of creating a MOSS site using SharePoint features. For the full series contents, see my introduction . Last time we looked at the process of creating some SharePoint lists using VSeWSS... Posted Mar 09 2007, 03:30 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, site columns

• Series : how to create common MOSS site artifacts as features

  Having been through the process of creating a MOSS site entirely through Features, it struck me how non-intuitive some of the associated tasks are. Many SharePoint developers who are working in this way will agree that something that takes 30 seconds... Posted Feb 27 2007, 01:17 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: moss, features, deployment